Living with Parkinson's, 100 miles at a time

Steve Quam of the Broadway Lake community in Anderson plans a 4,000-mile bicycle ride from Edisto Beach to Newport, Ore., starting next week. He raises money for researching Parkinson's disease.

Steve Quam of the Broadway Lake community in Anderson plans a 4,000-mile bicycle ride from Edisto Beach to Newport, Ore., starting next week. He raises money for researching Parkinson's disease.

Anderson Independent Mail

Steve Quam of Anderson, who lives in the Broadway Lake community, says he will start a 4,000 mile bicycle ride from Edisto Beach to Newport, Ore., next week. He's helping raise money for the Davis Phinney Foundation, which researches ways for people with Parkinson's disease to live healthy, active lives.

Steve Quam of Anderson, 66, will start a 4,000-mile bicycle ride from Edisto Beach, S.C. to Newport, Ore., next week. He helps raise money to research Parkinson's disease, which he learned he had four years ago.

Anderson Independent Mail

Steve Quam of Anderson practices riding his bike along Broadway Lake Road in Anderson. Quam, who has Parkinson's disease, will set off on a cross-country bike ride next week to raise money for the Davis Phinney Foundation, whose focus is helping people live a healthy life with the disease.

Anderson Independent Mail

Steve Quam of the Broadway Lake community in Anderson plans a 4,000-mile bicycle ride from Edisto Beach to Newport, Ore., starting next week. He raises money for researching Parkinson's disease.

Anderson Independent Mail

Steve Quam of Anderson looks over the side packs on his bicycle. Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease four years ago, Quam now uses his bike to raise money for research and broaden awareness of the disease.

Anderson Independent Mail

Steve Quam of Anderson, who lives in the Broadway Lake community, says he will start a 4,000-mile bicycle ride from Edisto Beach to Newport, Ore., next week. His ride will raise awareness of Parkinson's disease, with which he was diagnosed four years ago.